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Dr Bea Stitches
@drelvey.bsky.social
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Historian by training; textile artist by preference. Usually stitching something inspired by Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy. European.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 5h
Good.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 1d
Got my Covid jab on Saturday; I’m lucky enough to be able to pay for one. I can do without getting it badly again if at all possible.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 2d
I think the archive went to Boston Spa. I’m so looking forward to having a look through to see what I missed!
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 2d
This is so exciting. I wasn’t allowed to read Jackie so secretly coming across stray copies discarded by others was terribly thrilling and transgressive when I was growing up. Now I can have a good read without being in trouble.
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 2d
The British Newspaper Archive now includes Jackie and I was delighted to note problem pages in prominent position blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/j...
Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week
We welcome iconic best-selling teen magazine Jackie to The Archive. Browse every single edition of the weekly magazine for girls, from 1964 through to 1993.
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3d
Tony Harrison’s Eumenides, the final play of The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, 1981, at the National Theatre, London, UK.
#drama #theater #poetry
Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 4d
May I recommend Bon Appetit, Your Majesty?
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 4d
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's fixer - a 1538 medal from the British Museum
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 4d
I had the pleasure of handling parts of the original last year. The most beautiful objects.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5d
random allusions to whales
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 6d
Nice!!!!
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 8d
I’m 50 years out but my textile practice - Stitching Cromwell - might be of interest.
Bea Stitches | Substack
Behind the scenes of stitches inspired by Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Showing the workings and the back of the fabric.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 8d
A furious Endometriosis-filled morning.
Bea Stitches (@drelvey)
I’m sharing this piece about living with endometriosis again because I’m RAGING this morning. I’m having problems with my knee and can’t walk properly at the moment. Strangely it’s hormone related. ...
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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 8d
Wow!!!!
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 8d
BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England
www.churchtimes.co.uk
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 12d
It's hard to believe that this oak leaf, found on the wreck of the Mary Rose, fell from a tree during the reign of Henry VIII.

Wonder if the tree it fell from ended up on a ship too?
An 480+ year old oak leaf, found on the Mary Rose.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 14d
How wonderful - thank you for sharing that.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 14d
Oh Tony Harrison. I watched his version of Oresteia when doing Classics A level decades ago, and I can still recall the rhythm and the verse. It’s stayed in my head for nearly 40 years.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 17d
However fun Khan’s response is, it’s worth remembering that every time Trump targets the mayor he gets a mass of online abuse, often racist, and threats. It’s no coincidence that he’s one of the most carefully security-protected politicians in the UK
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 17d
Sadiq Khan to ITV London on Donald Trump’s comments about him to the UN: “I think I’ve got squatters right for the amount of time I’ve spent in Donald Trump’s head. I’m just hoping he doesn’t send me an invoice for all the time I’ve spent there.”
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 18d
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 19d
Wonderful work.
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Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · 19d
It’s #MigraineAwarenessWeek. I started getting migraines with the onset of #MECFS. My #SciArt #embroidery she was tributaries (2016) depicts the electrical storm I feel in my brain with a #migraine.
An embroidery on bone white linen. There are many coral-like neurons in the vague shape of a brain embroidered in shades of blue. The bottom section is navy blue and transitions to a lighter blue at the top. The text at the bottom reads: she was tributaries, all electric.
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Dr Bea Stitches @drelvey.bsky.social · 19d
Sorting archive notes on the third anniversary of Hilary Mantel’s passing.
Sorting Letters to Cromwell
Try and Keep Cheerful
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25d
Prominent figures in the US and UK deliberately talk down our country, and in particular, our capital city. Yet the latest evidence is clear: a record number of US citizens are now applying for citizenship in the UK.

For many Americans I speak with, it’s because of our values.
Record numbers of Americans seeking UK citizenship because of London’s values, says mayor
Ahead of Donald Trump’s state visit, Sadiq Khan hit back at US critics of the capital’s crime rates and diverse population
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27d
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

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